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Fishery Bulletin
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Fishery Bulletin

0090-0656

Published by: National Marine Fisheries Services

https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/fb.htm

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 603 15 16 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.302
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fishery Bulletin?

Fishery Bulletin investigates studies in Fishery, Ecology, Fishing, Juvenile and Estuary. While Fishery is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Oceanography, Bay and Habitat.

  • Fishery (97.59%)
  • Ecology (18.04%)
  • Fishing (8.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Food habits of albacore, bluefin tuna, and bonito in California waters. (1121 citations)
  • Feeding relationships of teleostean fishes on coral reefs in Kona, Hawaii (443 citations)
  • Bayesian methods for analysis of stock mixtures from genetic characters (280 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fishery Bulletin:

The journal publications focus largely on the fields of Fishery, Ecology, Oceanography, Pelagic zone and Juvenile. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Fishery, it also covers topics in Larva, Predation and Otolith. The Juvenile research tackled in the journal articles is interrelated with Oncorhynchus which concerns subjects like Bay.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Fishery
  • Genus

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Fishery Bulletin are Fishery, Table (landform), Otolith, Pelagic zone and Mediterranean sea. Fishery research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Age structured and Life history. The studies in Life history featured incorporate elements of Taxon and Statistics, Stochastic simulation.

The work on Mediterranean sea tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Ontogeny, Key (lock) and Gadiformes. The Stock assessment works featured in Fishery Bulletin incorporate elements from Jack mackerel, Emmelichthys nitidus, Trachurus declivis, Marine ecosystem and Fisheries management. The journal aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Atlantic menhaden and Gulf menhaden.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Ontogenetic shifts and feeding strategies of 7 key species of Gadiformes in the western Mediterranean Sea (1 citations)
  • Validation of the use of vertebrae and dorsal-fin spines for age determination of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) in the western North Atlantic Ocean (1 citations)
  • Comparison of model types for prediction of seafloor trawlability in the Gulf of Alaska by using multibeam sonar data (0 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Fishery Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • John A. Musick (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenneth W. Able (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John E. Graves (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Cynthia M. Jones (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard W. Brill (9 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Fishery Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Miami (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Virginia Institute of Marine Science (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rutgers University (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Instituto Politécnico Nacional (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 95.24% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 100.00% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Discard mortality of black sea bass (Centropristis striata) in a deepwater recreational fishery off New jersey: Role of swim bladder venting in reducing mortality

    Douglas R. Zemeckis;Jeff Kneebone;Connor W. Capizzano;Connor W. Capizzano;Eleanor A. Bochenek

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Changes in the spawning distribution and biomass of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in the western Atlantic Ocean over 4 decades

    David E. Richardson;Lauren Carter;Kiersten L. Curti;Katrin E. Marancik

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Postrelease survival of green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) encountered as bycatch in the trawl fishery that targets California halibut (Paralichthys californicus), estimated by using pop-up satellite archival tags

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Revisiting the life history of yellowtail jack (Seriola dorsalis) in the Southern California Bight: new evidence for ontogenetic habitat shifts and regional differences in a changing environment

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • Evaluation of factors contributing to postrelease mortality of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) in the northern Gulf of Mexico with depth and acceleration data from acoustic tags

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Population dynamics and relative abundance of and habitat suitability for adult red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) vulnerable to exploitation in nearshore waters of the north-central Gulf of Mexico

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Abundance and distribution of atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in a Warming southern New England

    Joseph A. Joseph;M. Conor McManus;Douglas R. Zemeckis;Jeremy S. Collie

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Diet of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) on the continental shelf off southern New England

    Christopher D. Orphanides;Frederick W. Wenzel;Jeremy S. Collie

    (2020)
    2 Citations
  • Growth and related traits of the sheepswool sponge (Hippospongia lachne): practical and theoretical considerations

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Variation in otolith microchemistry for Lebranche mullet (Mugil liza) in southern Brazil and its potential use in identifying their nursery grounds

    (2024)
    1 Citations

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